Sr. Application Specialist

Job Title:	Sr. Application Specialist
Location:	Doha, Qatar
Job Type:	Unspecified
Category:	Information Technology
Description:	Job Purpose:The Application Engineer works in accordance with the company’s software development lifecycle to design and develop both new and enhancements to software applications that meet business specification. Primary responsibilities include requirements analysis to gain an understanding of business needs to develop level of effort estimates, software design and development, unit testing, performing design and code reviews, and development of technical documentation. Duties & Responsibilities: Develop an in-depth knowledge of the company’s application portfolio, development tools, and development procedures. Actively participate in the development and review of business and system requirements to obtain a thorough understanding of business needs in order to deliver accurate solutions. Provide development activities level of effort and duration estimates for schedule planning. The Application Engineer is expected to proactively manage activities to deliver required work on time. Design application solutions that fully implement business requirements. Develop high quality software code in accordance with established company standards and development guidelines. Produce technical documentation that accurately and thoroughly depicts the software design and code base. The documentation needs to sufficiently assist QA testing and production support activities. Perform adequate unit testing of own and other developers’ application development work. At a minimum, unit testing should ensure all requirements have been addressed, all basic functionality works, and errors are handled properly. Expeditiously troubleshoot application production issues that resolve the issues without causing additional problems. Review and analyze the effectiveness and efficiency of existing systems and develop strategies for improving or further leveraging these systems. Provide updates to the IT Application Manager or Sr. Application Engineer and IT Project Manager on work in progress, work completed, work planned, and issues potentially impacting the on time completion or quality level of work. Perform systems analysis and functional testing as needed. Support all current applications, as well as take lead in new application development initiatives to rewrite older applications in newer technologies.
Qualifications:
Education:	Bachelor's degree / higher diploma
Salary:	Unspecified
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